Fox UFC
Fox UFC Fight Night was the branding used for telecasts of mixed martial art competitions from the Ultimate Fighting Championship that were produced by Fox Sports. Previously, UFC on Fox was also used as a blanket title for UFC events aired on the Fox network, although since the concurrent launch of Fox Sports 1 and rebranding of Fuel TV as Fox Sports 2 in August 2013, all live UFC broadcasts on Fox-owned networks have since used the name.
History
On August 18, 2011, the Ultimate Fighting Championship reached a seven-year broadcast agreement with Fox Sports, giving it the rights to televise matches sanctioned by the promotion through 2018, ending the UFC's relationship with cable channel Spike. Through the agreement, Fox Sports will air four live events per year in either prime time or late night, as well as other UFC programming on its various broadcast and cable properties, including on Fox, FX and Fuel TV. The deal was significant as it marked the first time that the UFC would televise its events on terrestrial television in the United States.Incidentally, MyNetworkTV previously carried events from the International Fight League, then a competitor to the UFC, from September to November 2007 under a time-buy arrangement until the UFC purchased that promotion. The first UFC event to air as part of the agreement was a title card between Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, which aired on Fox on November 12, 2011.
The broadcast partnership between Fox and the UFC ended at the conclusion of 2018 as the promotion signed a new broadcast deal with ESPN that began in January 2019.
Commentators
On-air staff
- Jon Anik – commentator
- Karyn Bryant – reporter
- Joe Buck – studio host
- Daniel Cormier – analyst/commentator
- Dominick Cruz – analyst/commentator
- Nicole Dabeau – studio host/reporter
- Brendan Fitzgerald – commentator
- Kenny Florian – analyst
- Jay Glazer – studio host
- Mike Goldberg – commentator
- Ariel Helwani – reporter
- Curt Menefee – studio host
- Joe Rogan – commentator
- Jimmy Smith – analyst/commentator
- Brian Stann – analyst
Broadcast history